445: Chapter 445: How's the hype? They don't even dare to release a poster.

Meanwhile, those restless tech bloggers began to stand up and clamor.

The head of the smart chip business said: "Honor's sales look pretty good this time, but in reality, they're just okay."

After all, the chips are completely gimped. As a standard model meant for volume, they didn't even include a Full-screen Display. How can they have the nerve to shout about fully popularizing the Full-screen Display?

Besides, although they included a fingerprint module, does anyone really need that fraction of a second in unlocking speed?

Is it worth paying a premium of several hundred yuan for this feature?"

"Exactly, the blogger is absolutely right. Does this Honor phone even deserve to be called a flagship?"

"It's firmly priced at a budget phone configuration; this isn't even how you harvest leeks. No wonder they don't dare to brag about their sales."

"I bet they're just scamming older users offline. Who with any knowledge of tech would buy this electronic trash?"

"With a product like this, how can it compare to my Samsung?"

"The person above is buying the brand! The specs are definitely cut too much, but it's Honor, it's 4G, and it has two sugar daddies. What are you going to use to compare with them?"

"Uh... I really can't refute that. After all, the product manager was able to proudly say at the launch event that he was proud to have two dads. That's just magical~"

"Isn't the blogger criticizing a bit too early? Compared to the previous generation, this product is actually quite attractive, especially the power consumption of the Taishan 920s—it's quite good!"

"So what? Trust me, the sales of this phone will definitely be terrible. After all, it has to face a Samsung that has slashed its prices. Since an international big brand has lowered its status, why would anyone buy your domestic sub-brand?"

The head of the smart chip business replied in the comment section, still refusing to back down.

Meanwhile, Zhao Ming watched the trend online without saying anything. He was waiting for the first sales data at 12:01.

The moment the results appeared, a smile immediately appeared on Zhao Ming's face.

Now he could report back to the boss!

As for those barking tech bloggers, if he didn't slap their faces raw, he wouldn't be Zhao Ming.

After all, the total sales of the honor 8 series had exceeded 800,000 units!

The standard version actually sold just okay, accounting for only 38% of total sales, but it was still a 30% increase compared to the same period for the previous generation!

The best-selling one was the Pro version, accounting for 62%, a 55% increase year-on-year compared to the previous generation.

This sales volume far exceeded expectations:

After reading it, Zhao Ming hurriedly posted this news at 12:02:

"honor 8 series first sales reached 800,000 units."

"Good products earn the trust of consumers. Thanks to Transsion and Huawei for their support, and thanks to all the customers who believe in Honor."

"Happy New Year's Goods Festival!"

"The 4G era has just begun, and in the future, 4G networks will be fully popularized."

This Weibo post didn't respond to any of the online skepticism, but it was repeatedly reposted by netizens. After all, those people didn't even have a place on Weibo, yet they had the nerve to bark there!

Ignoring them is the biggest critical hit!

"Good products earn consumer trust, but what about bad products? The xiaomi note 3 is trembling in fear."

"Happy New Year's Goods Festival, hahahaha. Is Zhao Ming trying to kill them and then attack their hearts? As everyone knows, the trademark for the Xiaomi New Year's Goods Festival is in Transsion's hands."

"Haha, it seems Transsion registered all the New Year's Goods Festival trademarks, and it seems they gave Honor theirs too! As expected, even the scraps Transsion lets slip through its fingers are enough to make domestic phones take off!"

"To the person above, I don't seem to have seen any of these things we're talking about. How do you know about them?"

"Of course it's not with the Transsion parent company, it's in some small invested company. It's said that Dami Company sued the other party before, claiming illegal registration, but the lawsuit failed... because they actually sell rice [doge]."

"Stop talking about that. But 800,000 units in two hours—it'll definitely be over a million by tomorrow morning. This data is unimaginable!"

Looking at the comment section and the rising sales, Zhao Ming was truly relieved.

He had wanted to call Mr. Shen right now to report on the work, but after thinking about it, he put aside his eagerness. After all, what if Mr. Shen was busy?

The next morning, Honor had been busy all night, sending out various posters as if they were free!

Such as #First 10 hours of sales exceed 1.2 million units!#

#Honor sales increase by another 20%#

Early the next morning, Zhao Ming hurriedly called Shen Fei. As soon as the call connected, Shen Fei laughed and congratulated him:

"Zhao Ming, congratulations! First sales broke 1.2 million units, another record broken?"

"That seems to be the case, but Mr. Shen, without Transsion's technology, Honor couldn't have reached this number," Zhao Ming said sincerely!

"The technology belongs to everyone, and it's for the layout of the entire Transsion ecosystem!"

Shen Fei's voice carried a hint of a smile; after all, this was a win-win result.

Meanwhile, in Beijing, Lei Jun at Xiaomi looked at that blood-red poster and felt a deep chill.

Why?

This was supposed to be their script: traditional manufacturers are arrogant and ignorant, and then Xiaomi uses information asymmetry to sell new products that the audience mistakenly thinks are expensive at dirt-cheap prices!

Then they become Xiaomi's die-hard fans, and he can easily complete his startup.

But now... it's all too late!

This time he finally understood completely: industry consolidation is never a slow game of boiling a frog in warm water, but a battle where life and death are decided in an instant.

They had just completed a round of financing, and Honor had handed in a perfect answer sheet, telling them that financing is useless—it's all about technology!

Lei Jun slammed his notebook shut. He looked at the Transsion offline store in the distance once again and questioned:

"Why? The Chinese mobile phone market is so big, do you have to eat up the entire market?"

Lin Bin, sitting on the sofa next to him, was also a bit stiff at this moment, but he had no words of comfort.

After all, he knew Lei Jun's state of mind too well, and he was clear about the cruel facts at hand. But the good news was that they had money in their hands—at the very least, they were doing much better than the same period last year!

There was still a chance for a comeback.

"Old Lin, the whole internet is saying that Honor has two good sugar daddies."

"They even openly admit it themselves, but what about Xiaomi? Our suppliers are not reliable at all!"

Lin Bin, upon hearing this, not only didn't respond, but instead walked over to his side and made a silent gesture!

After all, they were just employees now, having completely lost ownership of the company. They were just like other tech companies, where in the end, the founding team was all just working for others.

"Old Lei, don't say that! Qualcomm has already entered the fray; it definitely won't flip over again next time. We still have a great chance."

"Old Lin, you don't understand! What I'm worried about is that this isn't just a gap in products, but a generational gap in the supply chain."

At this moment, Lei Jun wasn't acting out of anger; he had sobered up. He was just frustrated!

Why didn't the other party use such good resources to fight in the international market, but instead kept chasing him to kill him?

Just because he used an international supply chain!

But, isn't everyone doing that?